I keep getting over excited when I get past the tree. Especially when i'm a second or so ahead of my current time. Then that makes me cock it up completely in the stupidest of ways. One of the the worst was being ahead of everyone's ghost so scumbag brain decided the best thing to do would be pedal. Idiot.

Gartt wrote:
I think the key to the track is hitting that jump after the trees in the right way.

Yeah you can really come off it in so many different ways. If you hit it correct you can hit the downslope well and clear the next bit which really keeps your speed up. Hitting it wrong can ruin your time.

When participating in these competitions you get a real appreciation for other peoples skills (at least I do). I'm very pleased with myself that I got a platinum medal on this track (and even bettered the time once), but the times you people are posting are insane! It's a real joy to look at the replays to see all the different techniques that are used (especially for the trees).